After years of development, the long manager Highlander Restart protagonist Henry Cavill The steam is officially resuming. Director Chad Stahelski He confirmed that the film should start shooting this September, with the film that is currently observing a release window in 2027 or 2028.
Stahelski, known for guiding the John Wick Franchise, he shared the news during a recent interview with Collider, saying:
“If everything works in the next 24 hours, we will go around in September. And in 2027 or 2028, you will look at highlander.”
The film, now supported by Amazon MGM Studios after the transition from Lionsgate, is preparing to be the first of several projects led by high -profile Cavill at the Streamer.
Together with HighlanderCavill is also guiding the Warhammer 40.000 Cinematographic universe and is intended to act in a live-action Voltron Movies. But Highlander It will be the first to come into production.
The reboot script is written by Mike Finchthat co-scored John Wick: Chapter 4 AND American killer.
In a previous conversation, Stahelski spoke of his tone in Cavill and why this role stands out:
“My strong point was, a [Henry Cavill]Look, you have a guy who has been alive for over 500 years. He is the last person in the world who wanted to be in this situation. So you can cover a rather wide diffusion of a bow span there. And you can experience someone who is trained over 500 years and somehow played [with many types of] martial arts. “
The director previously had also made fun of the action in the film and explained that he will be inspired by the action in John Wick’s films.
“I will keep it all the way. Most of the audience, I will use the analogy of weapons, most of what you know about the focuses on fire or car chases because most of us are not involved in fighting with firearms or car chases or fighting with the sword, we learn through the films.”
“And what shows you those films is about 95% bullshit. You don’t fight 50 boys with bare hands and then go away, but it’s fun. It is a fulfillment of desires.
“So John Wick, we know it’s a cartoon – I know it is not – but we also have fun with it. But we make tactical top -ups, we try to make fire manipulations, things like professionals, the military do so. But then we have fun, you know? The work of the sword is very the same.” “
Cavill previously had shared how big a fan of his franchise is and then said that the screenplay of the film is “extraordinary” and that the film will take some “big oscillations”. He said:
“I’m a Highlander Fans, they are fun movies. Obviously I watched them when I was much younger and since then I have seen myself, but also the television program.
“I really liked the tradition behind it, that sense of a tragic warrior with more than one story to tell that an interesting boy with a sword, doing interesting things, and this is even deeper.
“What they have done so far and we are doing with the development of the script is extraordinary, I think people will really be, really happy.
“The big swings are important, you play it safe, you will go, eh, I suppose it is fine?” But if you do a great swing, people love or hate him. “
Stahelski also spoke previously of the film, saying that it will include both family characters and “elements” taken from the TV series of the 90s.
“We are trying to make our story [and it] It hires many of the same characters and things like that. But we also brought elements of all TV programs. We are trying to do some prequel for the meeting. “
The gathering refers to the culmination of the nearby battle between immortals. He continued to explain that they are preparing all this to expand and grow history: “So we have room to grow the property”.
“We have ideas for days on how to create the most beautiful characters and make it an epic television program. I just think it’s a rich and rich mythology.”
The original 1986 Highlander Film starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, AND Clancy Brown As immortal beings, which are chasing each other and collect more power. The classic slogan for the film was: “There can only be one”.
Stahelski also explained that they are taking the best elements of history from the whole franchise and implementing everything in a story that will be widespread through a film trilogy:
“I think the TV series hit many fantastic things were not in the function, among the observers and all the different types of immortals. How can we insert it in a functionality mode before dribbling it in the world of TV?
“Well, restructure it in some parts, let’s take a look as if it were a television show, let’s take a look as if it were a high -end trilogy. How do we tell the story of the meeting, the successful, immortals and how can we really build this world even more than the original project?
“This is what we are renovating right now. It is taking all the good things we had before being involved in the project by the script; redevelopment of the screenplay to give us an excellent chapter one, two and three; and expand the world.”
He also spoke of his vision for the film, saying: “
The vision we are trying to cross and what we are trying to develop, is very equivalent to Star Wars. The first is a very satisfactory ending, but leaves the door open and it is a bit like I see this.
“I would really like to expand it over three. I see that the gathering happens more than three. It is complicated, do not get me wrong, that’s why we are still developing it. We want to be able to tell three complete stories that adapt.
“I think the Star Wars trilogy, at least until The Empire is hitIt is a good example of how we want to elaborate it. “
I am very enthusiastic about this restart of Highlander and I hope it offers something as soon as I built in my head.
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By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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